Friday, May 3, 2013

As you know, a few weeks ago we took a trip to Utah to film a few videos with our friend Lori Holt. She welcomed us into her charming cottage and had a whole bunch of fun. The videos are now all up on our YouTube channel and we wanted to tell you a bit about them! Also, we have a fun giveaway at the end of this post so don't miss out!

We are absolutely in love with Lori's ruler sets, so we filmed tutorials on how to use the Circle Ruler Set, Thimble Ruler Set and Hexie Half Ruler Set. Each ruler set comes with a free pattern, and in the video Lori walks you through how to construct a block from the free quilt patterns. These rulers are quite amazing and the possibilities are endless! Just watch and see!

We are always looking for ways to organize our sewing space, and Lori's design boards are just the thing to keep our blocks in order. We love the idea so much that we filmed a video on how she makes her design boards!

And last but not least, we caught a few spare minutes to sit down and have a chat. Learn all about Lori's background in quilting, her upcoming collections, including the adorable Bake Sale available at Fat Quarter Shop, and more in this one-on-one interview!

We hope you enjoyed the videos! Now it is time for a giveaway! We are offering up a bundle of Lori Holt's Designer Solids, which coordinate perfectly with any of her collections. To enter, leave a comment below letting us know what new tip, trick or project you will try from watching her videos! Contest closes Friday May 10!

UPDATE Giveaway is now closed. ✾Jamie Lee Cooley✾ has been selected as the winner! Please contact chelsey[at]fatquartershop[dot]com to claim your prize.

I love reading Lori's blog and now to have the videos is really great. I have already made the design boards before the videos came out but I do use them all them time. I would like to try my hand at the barn block...it's so cute.thim3@hotmail.com

I DID try her angler approach to those corners and what a time saver to not have to draw all those little lines on fabric! I'm still working on her adorable row-a-long. And a big thanks to Kimberly for bringing in some of the fabric I have been using!

While I love and hope to try out the circle ruler, I have to say I love the color of her kitchen! I think that's the color I want to paint my sewing room. Her pics just confirmed my choice! What a great space she has!!

I love the videos, the design board tutorial was very easy. The vintage irons were great. She is so personable. Love her fabric as well. The solids will look great with her fabric lines. Keep the videos coming, they are great!!!

I am sooooo jealous!!! I would love to get a tour of Lori's entire home! LOL I love her style and color selections-I would just love a peek into the whole house. (Though her sewing room is a good place to start.) Honestly, how could you NOT wake up with a smile everyday if you lived in her cottage!?

I just finished viewing some of your videos with Lori Holt... and I LOVED them! Also subscribed to your YouTube videos after looking at your list of videos... can't wait to view them ALL! Please enter me in your Lori Holt Giveaway... would love to win!

First I want to move to her studio! It's like a little dream place. I'm totally stealing the idea for painting the baskets. The Circles video was my fave. It was genius to hear about the interfacing and turning to make perfect circles. Love her cheery fabrics.

Forgot to tell you I will be making Lori's Design Boards... had found them on her blog and bought the foam core board, cut my fabric strips, but then was afraid of using the glue gun. Your video of Lori making the boards showed me that it really is easy, and her directions for placement of the glue made it seem easy enough for even ME to do! Thank You!

I am sooo looking forward to her new fabric line, Bake Sales! That will be the catalyst for my next project, and I am IN LOVE with the cake stand quilt behind her head in the last video of the blog post. My daughter has a baking blog, and she would love that quilt. Hopefully, I can find that pattern!! Thanks!!! Holly

Have purchased the hexi rulers and the video was great. also would like to try the circle rulers. Have made myself block boards last summer, great idea. Am also doing the also doing the Quilty Barn quilt.Carol lNE

I have been following Lori's blog for some time and I love her fabrics and designs. The tumbler rulers have been of interest to me and I love the projects you can make with them. I will have to take the time to watch all of the videos, what I have seen is great!

Thank-you for the insights and innovations provide through this lovely lady. Lori's distinctive style has always appealed to me, her quilts are quite amazing. I gleaned a stack of tips but the one that stands out is her organisation of her studio.. that impressed me greatly. :grace55(at)hushmail(dot)com

I have always loved the idea of the design boards and now being able to see her make one, I think I'll be doing some of those soon. I had already bought some of the foam core awhile back for another project so I have that all ready to go. I also noticed she has a cutting board (or it appears to be one to me anyway) under her hot glue gun. GREAT idea. I'm going to buy one of those the next time we head out to IKEA because they have packs of those at a great price.

I am in love with Lori's kitchen! My kitchen is SO ugly I'd never want anyone to show it to anyone. It's extremely functional but, not 'cute' and hers is just adorable.

I love everything! Your blog is so pretty,your pictures are beautiful. The studio tour movie is amazing,and the toy cashier and stove used as pincushions are darling. I think the design board idea is so clever, and for me that sew at the kitchen table will be so helpful. I am a beginner quilter and all your ideas are awesome! Thank you!

I just love Lori Holt's style. Her designs, fabric and home are so wonderful. I loved hearing the story behind Gracie Girl and am ecstatic about tje Quilty Barn along--I can't wait to get started. And the portable design boards are such a great idea. I am always frustrated trying to get my pieces back-and-forth between my sewing machine and ironing board--I have to make one asap! I love Lori.

My 2 favorite things in Lori's videos are her design board and her hexie ruler. I also love her happy colors and how true she is to her own passions and and her inspirations for all of us. Thankyou. Butterfly George

I loved the studio tour, and picked up several ideas on how I will arrange my sewing room from that. I will definitely be getting some of her rulers in the future, too. Just seeing the tutorials makes you realize what endless possibilities there are. Love that girl!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE seeing her home and studio! How cute! I haven't used any of Lori's rulers but I can see that I need to purchase them! I am going to make the design boards this weekend! They are marvelous and I love how they can be trimmed with pretty fabric edges :) Thanks!

I would love to make a large design board. I have already made a small one which works perfectly for 6 1/2" blocks and I absolutely love it. Now I need to make one for my larger blocks.loriginsberg@juno.com

Lori, I've been following you for a while. Working on the Barn Squares. Love em. I want to make the Jump Rope quilt next; love you colors. Ordering more fabric right now! My favorite video so far is on the Thimble rulers.

Thank you so much for the great videos. I enjoyed every one of them. I've been a long time fan of Lori's. She is such an inspiration! I have got to make that circle quilt! Love the tips given for it and also enjoyed seeing the way she uses all her vintage items for every day use. I also plan on making some of the quilt block design boards.

Loves all the tutorials. You are so thorough with your instructions. My favorite -- If I must choose one --the half Hexagon rulers. They come with Stick Its (for non slip cutting) and a FREE pattern. Thank you for sharing your talents!!

I would love to play with the circle rulers, The video makes it look so easy~ and a great tip on getting them round. I have made many sizes of her design boards and just love them. Thanks for the wonderful video's and super fun giveaway!

I have been wanting to make a hexie quilt (grandmother's garden)for soooo long. After watching How to Use Lori Holt's Hexie Half Rulers, I know I won't shy away from this pattern. I hope to make a classic grandmother's garden quilt using the Mill Brook Series and Lori's rulers.

Also, I enjoyed the thimble ruler video as well. I'm going to venture out now, thanks to this you tube.

So fun. I watched the design board tutorial, so cute as well as the studio tour. Love the tool tips and am very interested in the angler tool and open toe foot. Who knew I could ditch the quarter inch foot that gets caught on things all the time. Lori is an inspiration and her blog is chock full of great stuff!

This is a wonderful spot light on Lori Holt and her accomplishments. She has so many wonderful things to share with us. I am certainly going to make the design/block board organizers ... what a wonder to find. Thanks for your generosity and inspiration. Judy C in NC

Thanks for the videos! After seeing the rulers in use, I NEED THEM ALL. While I'm deciding for the online purchase, I'll start with a design/audition board for my blocks. Just in the nick of time, I've got elements on my kitchen table that need to be assembled into scrappy blocks!

I love Loris quilts, they have so much color they make you happy. I am going to try the circle rulers to make a fun summer quilt. Lori's solid fabrics are also to bright and happy. They will work great with her fabric lines. Thank you

I loved the studio tour and now that I have watched her use the circle ruler, I am not so intimidated about circles. Also I want to try the guide she used in her notions video where you dont have to use a 1/4" foot. That seemed handy.Also I love the solids bundle. It is hard to pick out solids on a computer screen so this makes it easy. You know they match her fabric!

I love her quilt using her hexie half ruler. I think I would like to use it and some vintage fabrics to make a picnic blanket for one of my daughters and her family. I also enjoyed seeing her sewing space because I will be moving at the end of the month and will be setting up a new sewing room. Next I want to watch the video about making the design boards. I think I will have to make at least one after I get my new house settled.

Wow those videos were sure fun to watch....so glad you all made that trip and shared all of your good finds with us. I think I like the circle ruler concept the most....would love to try that. Thanks for the giveaway.

What fun informative videos. So many neat tricks and tips; thanks so much. I absolutely must make the design mats! I even have the foam core purchased. Lori is so right; from the layout to the sewing machine I switch things around too often. I think the boards will help and maybe solve the problem. Of course, the colorful edges make the mats so fun looking and HAPPY!

I loved all of the videos, they were so interesting and helpful. I could go on and on with what I've learned from Lori. She makes everything seem effortless! I love the IDE of using her design boards :)

I love Lori Holt: I've been following her since I found her about a year ago!! i love the tutorial on the design boards: I've already made a few since seeing her idea!! Enjoyed the circle ruler video too and will have to come back and watch the other videos. Hexie ruler video is next!! thanks for the chance to win the fabulous solids: they are great looking to go with all my LH fabric!!

I really love her new line of fabric, especially the green floral and all the bake dish colors.

I watched a few of the videos and now I have to make the barn quilt! I love that the blocks finish at 20", so the quilt comes together quickly and there aren't too many blocks to make.

I enjoyed the tour of her studio and her favorite notions clip, too. I agree it would be awesome if Aurifil had a box of her color threads. I wondered about her iron collection and love the idea of using the muffin tins. I did her row along and that would have come in handy because a lot of the blocks used 1" squares and it was difficult to keep track of them all:) Now I know how to stay organized and cute all at the same time!

Thanks for putting together these videos. They are sure to be a great reference for quilters. Now I am off to check out the Natalia Bonner video.

Love all of her videos! Her studio is gorgeous and her fabrics are soooo yummy!!! I'm going to make those design boards- what a clever idea and just the right size! I also noticed some painted picnic baskets in her kitchen. I never thought about painting them such fun colors! There she goes- inspiring me again!:) Thanks!

i followed along when she did a blog-tut on her design boards, but it was so nice to actually see her do them on her video -- hoorrraaayyy for *modern technology* ... i would to try her circle templates; i love circle quilts ... thanks ... darlene